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الصنج

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to musical instruments, specifically percussion and stringed types. It also extends to meanings of striking, throwing down, and metaphorically to people or things of significance. Some derived terms refer to specific objects like bowls or dough, and a geographical location.

Derived headwords

الصُّنُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    percussion instrumentboth

    A thing made of brass, where one is struck against another.

  2. 2.
    stringed instrumentclassical

    An instrument with strings that is played by striking.

صِنَاجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    musical instrumentclassical

    A musical instrument, often a stringed one.

  2. 2.
    metaphor for peopleclassical

    Used metaphorically to refer to people, as in 'what صناجة is it'.

  3. 3.
    poetic epithetclassical

    An epithet for someone of high poetic skill, like 'صناجة العرب'.

صِنَاجَةadjective
  1. 1.
    luminousclassical

    Describing a luminous night, as in 'ليلة قمراء صناجة'.

الأَصْنُوجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dough ballsclassical

    Balls of dough, specifically referring to the type used for dumplings or similar preparations.

صَنُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    bowlsclassical

    Bowls made of the wood of the Shiz tree.

صَنَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike something, possibly with a stick or rod.

صَنَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to throw downclassical

    To throw someone down or to defeat them.

تَصْنِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking, as in striking with a stick.

  2. 2.
    throwing downclassical

    The act of throwing down or defeating someone.

صَنْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    riverclassical

    A river located between the territories of the tribes of Mudar and Bakr.

  2. 2.
    scale panclassical

    A pan of a scale or balance.

صِنَاجَةname
  1. 1.
    Yusuf bin Abd al-Azimclassical

    A hadith narrator named Ibn al-Sanaja.

Parallel reading

شيء يتخذ من صفر، يضرب أحدهما على الآخر
A thing made of brass, where one is struck against another.
آلة بأوتار يضرب بها
An instrument with strings that is played by striking.
وما أدري أي صنج هو
And I do not know what kind of people they are.
وبضمتين: قصاع الشيزى
And with two dammah: bowls of the Shiz tree.
والأصنوجة، بالضم: الدوالقة من العجين
And al-usnuja, with dammah: balls of dough.
وليلة قمراء صناجة: مضيئة
And a luminous, bright night: meaning illuminated.
وأعشى بني قيس: صناجة العرب، لجودة شعره
And A'sha ibn Qays: the 'Sanaja of the Arabs', for the excellence of his poetry.
وابن الصناج يوسف بن عبد العظيم: محدث
And Ibn al-Sanaja, Yusuf bin Abd al-Azim: a hadith narrator.
وصنج الناس صنوجا: رد كلا إلى أصله
And the people were divided into their origins: meaning each was returned to his original group.
وبالعصا: ضرب
And with a stick: striking.
وصنج به تصنيجا: صرعه
And he struck him down with it: meaning he threw him down.
وصنجة: نهر بين ديار مضر وديار بكر
And Sanja: a river between the lands of Mudar and Bakr.
وصنجة الميزان، معربة
And the pan of the scale, it is a loanword.